The Ancient Egyptian Book Of The Dead by E.A. Wallis Budge
A comprehensive translation and commentary on ancient Egyptian funerary texts that guided the deceased through the afterlife, compiling spells, hymns, vignettes and ritual instructions intended to secure protection, favorable judgment and rebirth; it presents transliterations, literal translations and scholarly notes on language, iconography and religious belief while explaining the cosmology, rites and moral ideals behind the funerary tradition, and serves as both source material and interpretation for understanding how ancient Egyptians conceived death, the journey through the Duat, and the means to attain eternal life.
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- -1549
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- British
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- Ancient egyptian
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- Alternate Titles
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- Book of Going/Coming Forth by Day
- Papyrus of Ani
- The Book of Coming Forth by Day
- The Egyptian Book of the Dead
- rw nw prt m hrw (transliteration)
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